Monday, January 30, 2012

still untitled, period romantic movie is lead by Joaquin Phoenix and Marion Cotillard alongside Jeremy Renner and its plot revolves around an innocent immigrant woman (Cotillard) who is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician (Renner) tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island. The film was previously titled LOW LIFE, but is now without a name and should hit theatres sometime next year. This is Joaquin's first movie since 2008 and he also has THE MASTER coming out next year about a leader of a religious sect. Renner has HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS coming out next year, but since it was pushed from this summer to the movie dumpster month of January, it is not a good sign.

MISSING, a show which premieres March 15th on ABC and has two movie stars in the lead roles - always divine Ashley Judd and Sean Bean, who plays her husband and off course, as it is always the case with Bean, dies in the first scenes of the show ('tis the reason why they beheaded him in GAME OF THRONES - so that he can appear and disappear in this one as well) :) but will return later on through flashbacks.

across Europe, seeking help from old friends and opening old wounds along the way. The kidnappers soon discover that between her special skills and a mother's love they have picked a fight with the wrong woman.

Missing doesn't look bad, but it doesn't seem like a concept they can stretch for very long without it becoming frustrated. It seems like it would be the same thing every episode, and once she gets her son back they don't have a show anymore...i think it could work as a miniseries, but as something longer i'm not so sure.

we shall wait and see. Most of the shows today have much better scripts than the one from five or more years ago. It all started with DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES and ALLY MCBEALL, two shows which brought innovative writing to TV after a long time in which shows were based on actors not so much on stories.

Missing looks like it could go one of two ways. It will either tell the whole story in the trailer, which will result in the actual movie being disappointing, or the trailer makes it look average, but the film will be brilliant.

The Joaquin film looks interesting due to the plot line. Missing, not so much. It has elements I like, action, intrigue, violence but I just can't buy Judd as a CIA agent. That said, the trailer doesn't look bad, and I could very well find out I'd enjoy it.

Sunday was a day for sports here in Serbia too since Novak Djokovic won Australian Open, our Water polo team became European Champion and our Handball team won silver at European championships :) We are having a huge welcoming gathering at the main square today for them :)

I don't know why they hire Sean Bean only to kill him off shortly after, so idiotic. Where has Ashley Judd been? She seemed to have disappeared for quite a while that's why when I read your headline I thought she really was missing, ahah.